Biodiversity Garden Workshop in Sage Garden

The final trainee-led event was promoted as a Biodiversity Friendly Garden Workshop. The setting was the Sage Garden where trainees introduced participants to project ideas to make your garden more wildlife friendly.  These included: -

• a hedgehog trail 

• a dead hedge

• a living willow fence and 

• the mini-pond. 

Participants were given goodie-bags with an insect hotel, seeds and summer bulbs, a biodiversity garden guide as well as all the bits and pieces they needed to build their own garden mini-pond.   This workshop was led by Roseanna Myles, Phil Collins, Emer Brennan and Michael O’Hare. Roseanna informed all participants about frogs while Michael introduced the dead hedge and the newly built willow hedge which is replacing a laurel hedge. Laurel is an invasive species which is being removed from the garden. 

Impact & Results

The attendees were shown real examples of projects that can be incorporated into any garden.  The structures are attractive garden features in their own right but so much more wildlife friendly compared to mown lawns and bedding plants.   Everyone was invited to pledge part of their garden for wildlife and take a mini-pond with them home.   The trainees are confident that the positive result of the event will be at least 10 new gardens pledged for nature around Monaghan town.